ICT Procurement and Vendor Management

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
INFS 8006

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
Yes

Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Course ID
101894

Unit Value
9

University-wide elective course
No

Course owner
School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

Future Student Enquiry Current UniSA Student Enquiry

Course aim

Introduce theory and current practices in procurement of ICT services and the management of vendors for ICT projects.

Course content

ICT purchase and acquisition planning’ ICT contract planning’ tenders and vendor selection’ ICT contract administration; contract closing; ICT vendor evaluation; vendor metrics.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFS 8007	ICT Case Studies

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop (Workshops (voluntary attendance))	4 hours x 2
Workshop (Workshop to cover case studies Online teaching materials, resources, discussion boards and collaborative work tools. Small group assignment work using the collaborative work tools. )	4 hours x 2
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Workshop (Workshops (voluntary attendance))	4 hours x 2
Workshop (Workshop to cover case studies. Onloine teaching materials, resources, discussion boards and collaboriative work tools. Small group assignment work using the collaborative work tools.)	4 hours x 2
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Workshop (Workshop to cover case studies. Onloine teaching materials, resources, discussion boards and collaboriative work tools. Small group assignment work using the collaborative work tools.))	N/A x 2 workshops over 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Group assignment and presentation, Individual Case study, Research paper

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.